A look at Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 1943

The last time I remember seeing Bad Company, Pvt. Preston Marlowe and the gang were taking a detour with a stash of gold bouncing around the flatbed of their truck.

I always wondered what happened to them after that. Did they run away with that commandeered gold? Were they on the run?

Last week, I got my answer. I saw Bad Company again, but this time, they were near the Russian border at an Abkhazi Village. As previous screenshots suggested, Marlowe and the crew were in a snow mountain range.

The situation at the moment was this: The Russians were invading the Aleutian Islands and Bad Company is scoping out the Red Army. The squad crossed a frozen lake and faster than you can say “Domino” all hell broke loose and, well, you could imagine what happened. Flares lit up the winter sky. Gun shots flew around everywhere.

What Bad Company 2 delivers is a team play experience with online vehicles and lots and lots of destruction, according to Karl-Magnus Troedsson, executive producer at DICE.

What I noticed about this demonstration was that the teammates seemed to be smarter in this game. They waredn you about grenades and called out hazards when you were under fire. Someone yelled out “RPG at the window” and quickly Marlowe fired at a gas tank next to the buidling, taking the whole structure down.

And that’s one of the new things players can do in this title. Buildings and other facilities be blown to bits. It takes a couple of grenades or a well placed shot near a fuel depo. I’m also assuming buildings can be fodder for tanks as well.

Further in the demo, DICE also showed off some things from the previous game that made it into this iteration. Air-support is still included in the game, but this time it’s impossibly dramatic. Fans can see the warplanes flying dangerous close to the ground, dropping bombs and zooming away.

Toward the end, there was a chasee scene when Marlowe is riding in the back and Bad Company is being chased by Russians on ATVs. (Hey, it’s an upgrade from that golf cart.) The cars slip and slide on the snowy mountain road.

Patrick Bach said that unlike the previous game, Bad Company 2 has a slightly more intense, more serious story. On top of that, as I said before, the team is adding more destruction to the game. Players will be able to do things like chip off pieces of cover.

In addition, there will also be more physics and more gadgets. The team didn’t reveal anything about multiplayer, but fans can expect to learn more once E3 rolls along.

Elsewhere at the event, I had a chance to play and not just watch Battlefield 1943. This downloadable game for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network brings me back to the days of playing the DICE’s original Battlefield 1942.

The gameplay is just as quick and just as fast as I remembered it. I played as a Japanese soldier in a fight with U.S. forces in Iwo Jima. Before jumping into the game itself, players will have to pick one of three classes: You can be a rifle man, who is anti-infantry; Infantry who is anti-tank; and a scout, who has a sniper weapon.

The classes also each have their own strengths: The rifleman is for long range, the infantry is for short range combat and finally the scout is for times when you want to reach out and headshot someone.

Players get points for assist kills and regular kills. I assume this feeds into a ranking system of sorts. There’s a whiz-bang feeling as the field is constantly changing as areas constantly change hands between factions.

There isn’t much to say about release date or prices for both games, but according to EA’s Web site, Bad Company 2 is scheduled for a 2010 launch while Battlefield 1943 is coming in Summer 2009.

Gieson Cacho

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